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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-11-03
Schools for pici.pcckets.

Notwithstanding tho assurance Of the po-
lice that there are no schools for picSpocgets
in the city, there arc unqCcstionably several
Fagins in town. A short tine ago there was
an Egyptian who kept a candy stand on
Broadway, who had TO fewer than thirteen
boys under his direction engaged in pocket
picking. He was finally captured by the
police and in his stand was found fully 500
worth of silk pocket handkerchiefs which his
pupils had stolen. There are now, accord
ing to the estimate of well known police
official not less than l 800 pickpockets in this
CITY ir active practice.-"DeF. F." in New
York Commercial Advertiser.
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Moody, Texas, April q, 1886.
FIFSH SlOUGHING OFF IN PIECSE.

For two years | have been confined to
hod with a ICathsOme form of Blood
Poison, which had about eaten me up,
and and others had no hope of a re.
coverv. For a while l could neither
walk. sit down, hor, lie down, only in
misery as nv flesh seemed to be falling
or NV bones in pieces as big as a hen
egg. NV appetite was lost, my bones
arhed and pained me, and friends evel-
Stunned me. l used various blood
purifiers without benefit, and several
nhysicians treated mo until large suOs
of money had been expended, but not
one particle of good did any one give me.
On the 18th of February, 1886, Mr.. +
p. Jackson called to see ii was not dead,
as it was thought 1 could not endure my
suffering much longer. he conciuded
to try B. +. b. on me and got bottle
from Mr.. Brockington, at Beaufort, 5. c.,
and before one bottle had been used
commenced gaining strength. my ap-
petite improved, sores commenced heal
ing and when two bottles had been used
| WAS on nv feet and walking around
to the astonishment of everyb body.
Witness: M RS. LAURA HART.
FRED r: JACKSON.
Beaufort, S. c., May 10, 1886.
All who desire full information about
the cause and cure of Blood Poison,
Scrofula and ScrOfulous Swellings, VI
GERS, Sores, Rheumatism, Kidney Com
plants, Catarrh, etc, can secure by mai
free, a copy Of our 32-page Illustrated
Book OF Wonders, filled with the mos
wonderful and startling proof ever be-
fore known. Address,
BLOOD BALM CO..
Atlanta, Ga.
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0nera af the Dressmaker,s.

I was passing the establishment of fash
able dressmaker on stylish street just off of
Fifth avenue, when there suddenly peaied
out most magnificent burst of vocal music
that evidently proceeded from the dress
makers parlor. It was q woman's voice,
menifestly OF the highest cultivation. for tia
r,orceau it sang was one of those tours de
force whose execution Is reserved for great
artists elona. A police officer who had
stopped on his patrol to listen. too. furnished
an explanation Of the i,npronpsu concerto.
ats enc Of the opera singers" he said
'Shes having . dre<s tried On, and she sings
to see If it viii give her room to breathe in
The madam does lot Of dressEnaking for
singers, and you'll hear a concert here every
day for q month ct this season Of the year.
There she goes again"
To a tribute as eloquent as this there il
nothing to add.-Alfr-d Trumble in New
York News
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Inventor Edison's Method OF Fun.

A reporter casually met Mr.. Edison this
week, and he happened to be in more than
his usually jolly mood-and by the way he is
apparently in the ruddiest health and best OF
spirits To tho inquiry if he had anything
new Mr. Edison replied:
"Yes, have made fresh discovery OF no
little importance-a great advance in electric
art-tested its practicability and realized sue
cess; but I will not name it now. HeretC-
fore when I have invented or discovered
something and published its details the scien-
tific papers have soon after teemed with an
nouncements Of enticipatiors, prior expert
ments, hints about piracy and stolen thunder,
etc. According to these I have never pro-
duced prototype, nothing but poor, miser-
able little antitypes. Now, this timo I'm going
to have some fun with the boys. My new dis
covery is fully recorded, but will not pub
lish it for six monthsl You may give this
formal notice, so that the bibliophiles and
prior inventors may have tho first chance,
with lots of time to get the laugh ON me.
As the Oil men say, I'm down to the oil
sand, but propose to plug the well and hold
it as a mystery for six months. II,
meantime, no claimant appears with 1uli
description Of the mystery I'll draw the
plug, and think I'll be entitled TO nail my
sign on that roperty."-Electrical Review.
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Tricks for the Old Time Clown.

Here's book found with some Of the
ancient vheezes in it:
after the first equestrian turn the clown
may say, Nov I'll have a turn myself and
then roll over Ike coach wheel Fall upon
the ground, pick up eswdust, let it trickle
down your faco end say, Ny nose bleeds.
Pick up q pieco Of straw for fear of falling
over it, then balance it On your chin. When
the ring-naster seys I Rsver follow a fool. ,
let him go first, and thea say, Then I do
Tel tie groom when he takes tho horse away
to rub it down with cabbage puddings. A
good speech to learn to address to the ring
master: If YOU please, sir, he says that you
said that I said that they said that nobody
said nothing to nobody"
They sound childish, don't theya But not
one of them striped things ever failed to
make people laugh There are lots more of
the same kind, but l won't read them
Circus Man in New York Star.
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PROFESSIONAL PALLBEARlNG,
A Gloomy Trade, but Very Easy and
Eminent1y Respectable.

A Gloomy Trade, but Very Easy and
Eminent1y Respectable.
He was a gloomy looking sort of person
and his face wore an expression of woe that
made one think he had it stamped there as a
sort of trade mark. He was clad in gar
ments of the somberest hue, and from the
wide weed on his high hat to the dead polish
on his broad soled shoes he looked for all the
world like man in whose family there was
a death at least once year. When he came
into the street car a sort of hush fell upon
the passengers out of respect for his placarded
sorrow. By and by the gloomy man was
asked if he had met with a bereavement
lately
''No, indeed" he replied, s'there has not
been death in my family for years.
"Why, then,' asked his neighbor, with
more curiosity than politeness, 'do you dress
in such deep mourning?"
"Oh, that's on account of my business
"You are an undertaken, then!"
mo, am pail bearer" and noting the
look of surprise in his interlocutor's face he
went on: "Somo years ago there was a strike
in my trade. I am a carpenter, and during
one of my idle days passed q house where
there was funeral. Stepping to watch it
was approached by the undertaken, who
asked me if was going to the funeral I
said no, that knew no ono there. He then
asked me il had eny objection to being a
pail bearer. I said had none, provided I
was paid for it, and we finally struck bar
gain. made es much that afternoon as I
would had worked ell day ct my trade, and
since then / have adopted pail bearing as 8
means Of livelihood. Gress in black, as
you see, and each merdng look over the
death notices l havs found that my SER
vices are vezy seldon required where the
funeral is thas ef ysaag raan or woman.
or whero the deceased hiss belonged to eny
secret societies, and that FAY most profitable
customers are those whe have outlived most
of their companions. II the dead person hap
pens to be an unmarried lady past the
meridian CT ifo am nearly always certain
of the job. | find that at funerals the pro-
portion OF female ettcndx1ts outnuubers the
male about four TO one, ana that most of the
latter arc close relatives. AS it is generally
tho rulo to select the pail bearers from
among those not connected With the family
you can see that my services are very fre-
quently in demand Igen@elly I seek sthe
undertaken and make nay bargain with him,
and average about two funerals q day. l!
is a nice, easy sort of life and eminently re-
spectacle. You will have to excuse me- now,
as have funeral in this street and must
get or here. e."-Philadelphi News.
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HENDERSON. n. c., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 3, 1887.
A MOST INTERESTING STUDY.


A Physician Talks About the Philosophy
of Walkers and Walking.
"There is no better way to tell the habits,
characteristics and occupations of people
than by the way they walk" said homoe-
opathic physician of Brooklyn. "It is most
interesting study. Let us walk along Myrtle
avenue, the most cosmopolitan thoroughfare
in Brooklyn, and I'll try and point out few
different types for you There comes So
ciety butterfy-a pretty miss with mincing
step. She looks best in q poem, for you will
observe that the upper part Of her body bends
over at en- angle of nearly forty-five degrees,
and that her high heels tilt her forward till
she feels she is going to fall fat on her face.
The instinct of self preservation makes her
unconsciously stretch out her open hands SO
as to save herself when she falls. l should
say it was very laborious work for her to
hobble along and keep her hustle bobbing up
and down and from right to left with such
clocklike regularity.
''Here comes an office clerk. He has been
at the desk nearly ell his life for there is
nothing human left about his figure His
right shoulder is three inches higher than his
left, his back is bent and his elbows stand
out From leaning continually over a low
desk with his legs crossed his pelvis has been
thrown out of place and the right toe turns
in SO that he walks with hoppity jump.
"That hard featured man across the street
has been a convict He has the regular lock
step, and his right arm is unconsciously
stretched out in search of something to lean
on as he bends forward 1t wouldn't surprise
me if he sometimes rested it on some one In
front Of him.
"The man just ahead Of us, although re-
spectably dressed, was no doubt tramp the
greater part of his life. Notice how he shut
1es along, scraping his feet on the sidewalk
instead Of lifting them up. He learned that
habit from walking long distances In shoes
without any fastening.
"The fat woman over there can hardly be
said to walk. She propels herself along by
moving frst one side and then the other. A
woman came to me the other day who was
SO fat that she couldn't put her two heels to-
gether to save her life. She offered me 800
to thin hr Down. told her if / could do
that my fortune would be mado.
s'Fev people walk correctly because they
mover have bosn taught It Ii impossible TO
stand erect whom the backs Of the hands arc
turned outward and tho thumbs lie next tho
persen. Soldiers are drilled to stand with
the little fingers touching the stripes down
their trousers. II you walk with the elbows
close to the sides, and you can see the palms
of your hands as you swing them back and
forth. the shoulders can't help being thrown
back"
The doctor himself was almost as round
shouldered as the reperter.-New York Even
ing Sun
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Dangerous Lemon saueezers.

The Popular Science News gives warning
against the SO called galvanized iron lonaon
squeezers The iron is coated with zinc, and
the ''citric acid Of the lemon will readily dis
solve the zinc, forming unwholesone and
poisonous salts. Lemon squeezers should be
made either Of plain iron or wood, or, better,
like some we have observed. where the SUP
faces brought il contact With the fruit are
porcelain Zine is q mstal which in readily
attacked by the weakest acids, and no article
Of food or drink should ever be allowed t.
come in contact With ik"-Boxton Journal o,
Eeaitk
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NO. 45.

western States. Today Missouri ideas and
methods of thought are more powerful be
yond the Missouri river than those of Now
England.
The Southern people have not ceased to
enl;grate, but in their case the natural law
which compels men to follow westward the
degree of latitude on which they were born
has been otseyed- The nativity of the popu-
lation of Texas proves that the southern
people have emigrated as freely as those of
the middle Mississippi valley.-Frsnk Wiike-
son in New York Times
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-11-03
At q Dress Rehearsal.

Promptcr Ito leader of supers at dress re-
hearsal of the stirring Roman drama Fright
Against Might'1-Now are You all right
with the cpel
LEADER am SO, sir. Whin the man in
the sheet (tosa9 hollers to the gurrul-
Prompter-The grill
Leader-"katy Field !" we get ready, and
whin he sings out "Rum and Cracke-sn-
Prompter Grantic)-"Catif yield" Rome
and Gracious stupidi
Leeder-Jesso, xir-ws ere to go for the
chap in the b<an wistcoak
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In good cid vsstsrz Hssachusetss town
lives . doctor whs has buried four wives
When number four was bride Of few days
she went with her Oldest stepdaughter into
the attic to find an ironing board Seeing q
board that she thought would answer her
purpose nicely, she was about to take it,
when the daughter exclaimed:
''Oh, don't take that, for that is what
father uses "a lay out his wives ouT
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-11-03
CONcEiT.
The shallow brook


That DER its pebbles, brawling, runs away,
And turns with every break of land or stone,
Vcxing the air with plant of heavy burden,
While but froth and straws it carries,
Knows not the deep, still lake so near,
That, silent, covers its unnumb bered dead,
While on its broad breast, to and fro,
The Thousand ships OF commerce go.
So our lives.
The narrow mind, loud voiced DER pretty things
Knows not the silent souls aEear-
Dreams not Of depths or heights beyond its own
Or burdens borne in patient stiffness.
Louise Houghton.
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Diagonal Streets fer TOXINS.

II towns were laid out with the streets in
The diagonal directions, northeast and south
west, northwest and southeast, the sun shin
ing iu.o all the rooms some time during
every day in the year, the effect would lie
checking and salutary.-Boston Budget.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-11-03
VOL. VI.
IHE Darkest HOUR.

For a period Of f1ur years We been
victim of a verv severe and aQoniZing
case Of Salt kheum which affected my
hands to such an extent that they almost
become burden.
NV hand became raw and hDrrifyinr,
compelling me to keep it covered all the
time.
i've spent hundreds of dol ars for vari
ous preparations, but instead of bene-
fitting my condition. they all seemed
to stimulate and encourage the progress
of the miserable disease, until L had
about given up all hope.
But thank heaven, 1.-the darkest hour
is lust before day. and 1 rejoice TO
know that positive cure has been found,
which is known as 3. B. B.-Botanic
Blood Balm.
My family all rejoice at its magical
curative powers in giving me relief
NV hand has been cured and resem bles
a burnt surface after being healed over
more than anything else. 1t has also
CURED my two children of loathesome
form of Itch which had resisted all pre-
vioua treatment. l refer TO any business
house in Moody and to Thomas Payne
Druggist, of whom L purchased the
goods. Signed,
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-11-03

The packing Of Mexican mackerel is be
coming big industry on the gulf coast.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-25
Men of e4o.0O0 Years Ayn.

II the claims of the old descent were a
justifable source of pride, the human
race would feel elated this morning on
being assured by the wise men of the
British association that authentic proof
has been discovered in some Welsh caves
that men, sufficiently developed from the
ape to manufacture flint implements, ex-
listed on this planet 24O, 600 years ago.
To US it is melancholy reflection that
we should have taken so prodigious a
time to attain so small result. Even
when the duration of the race is limited
to six thousand years of history, the out
come can hardly be considered as salts
factory, and there is something pro-
foundry depressing in the sudden addi
ton of a series Of ancestors who spent
PAS, 900 years in marking time, indeed,
but in making no other mark in the
world. -PdU MdH Gazette.
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Fashion Notes.

| Decidaie... Scks appear in many of the
new En- -S-edens.
IIomespun is still fashionable fabric
for general utility purposes.
India cloth holds ITS own by those who
like soft-cling;ng fabrics.
Very c,Srse gros grain is the most
stylish Of the black silks.
A new dress material is a double
woollen sateen. II drapes prettily, and
is said to be very durable.
Crepe lisse handkerchief, embroidered
in floral designs, very pretty, but not at
all useful, are among the latest vanities.
Large balls of wood showing the grain.
stained, polished and mounted on silver
or steel eyes, are novelty in dress but
tons.
Loops of ribbon, with few leaves
or flower, are universally worn in the
hair by Parisians upon full-dress coca
sions.
Ladies' cloth is used BY many OF the
very best tailor-made gowns Fur or
astrachan cloth is the usual garniture of
these costumes.
Soft woollen stuffs are frequently
made up with full bodices, the plaits
or gathers crossing over the bosoms and
joined to the skirt draperics in a Topped
sash or plastron drapery.
Many of the new black wooIens show
plush stripes. Checks ard stripes Of vel
vet on wool background are also popu-
lar. Very few plain black stufs are
seen in the new importations.
Some of the newest tortoise shell pins
for the hair are in the shape of a small
Spanish comb. They havJ two or three
teeth, and are often ornamented with
open work metal, or have stones inserted.
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She Knew Her Business.

He was naturally bashful, and in her
company was as dumb as an oyster. She
understood him, and one evening asked
plainly what made him so silent when
ever he called on her.
~I-er-I don't know" he STAN
mered. always ah-have something to
saw before you come in, but can't get
..Indeedl" she said, encouragingly. >.
eyes. am like a bottle that Is
corked up tight
VERY tight, Mr.. Smith"
''Yes, indecd, very ~
"Well, that isn't so bad as you think
There is one good thing about 1t.
"What is it prayl'
why, you know, the tighter bottl'
is corked the more forcibly it pops.
lie graspcd the situation at once, anc
now she doesn't care whether he talks o
mot. She is content 10 do it all herself
Merchant T'raUeler.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-25
Milk in Tea.

A writer in the Contemporary Rerie,r
makes these remarks in regard to the
custom OF putting milk into tea: ITO
put milk or cream into properly pre-
pared tea IS to commit an objectionable
gastronomic solecism; not only for the
fanciful reason that chemical com
pound results from the mixture, Icsem-
bling the basis of leather, hut because the
addition of milk disguiscs the peculiar
aroma of the tea, and makes one kind
taste exactly like another, very much in
the same way as French cooks some
times spoil the natural flavor of fish with
their eternal sauces, till you are unable
to tell whether you are eating salmon or
shark, catfish or dogfsh. Sugar, on the
other hand, may and should be added 20
tea. For it makes the taste of the tea
more agreeable without in the least in
terfering with its fragrance Mix and
tea soon becomes very insipid TO the
sense of those who have Oucc accustomed
themselves to drink plain tea. More
over, there IS a special enjoyment to be
derived from each-k.pd nj tea; and how
acutely the sense OF smell can be edu
Gated in the art of discriminating teas is
shown in the case of professional tea
tasters, who can distinguish not oalv the
country and the locality where the leaves
were grown, but the year and season.
and even the ship that brought them
acIoss the ocean
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Them FIurdy Hens

Two honest farmers met on the piel
and greeted each other warmly. One o.
them carried carpetbag and the othel
an oilcIoth gripsaok One was surprised
to learn that the other had Just returned
from two years stay in Florida. The
other was interested to hear that his old
acquaintance was at that moment going
aboard the steamer which was to take
him to that State.
$50 you're of for Flurdy at lastl" he
said.
"Yas. I've made up my mind there
money in Floridah, and I'm goin' to try
1t, said the other "But l amt goin
into oringes; that's too slow work for
me. I'm go;n' into eggs Now, I've
hearn tell that hens lays the year round
in Floridah, 'cept when they're sheddin'
their feathers. Maybe you know suthin'
''sartin fact,n broke ia the man just
from the South. Them Flurdy hens do
lay eggs the YER round 'ceptin' when
they're sheddin' their feathers"
well, so I've hearn tell, and they say
that eggs is aIlus thirty cents down there
and sometimes four shillin' q dozen.
Now. sposen hen don't lay more'n ten
months in the year. and countin' thirty
days to the month-ten times thirty are
three hundred Three hundred is TWEEN
ty-fve dozen. Twenty five times (sposen
they don't average but forty cents
dozen)-twenty-fve times ten is twenty
shillin', and four times twenty shillin' g
ten dollars call ten dollars hen doin'
pvrty tolerahle, and then there's The
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feathers and the hens themselves when
Won Cit ready to sell 'em for chickens to
ibs tsverns, Ten or 'leven dollars hen
on. say, five hundred hens, IS
nA.a-ll shore that's going came
from the head of the gang-plank-
II declari came pretty near gettin
left . said the departing farmer, and he
scrambled up the steep incline. Then
he turned around. rested his carpetbag
on the rail, and began;
.Ten or 'lcyen dollars hen on"
ssBut YOU can't quite reckon on them
figures. y said his friend on the pier
.sThem Flurday hens do lay all the year
'ceptin' when they're sheddin' their
feathers; but down in that warm coua-
inv the tarnel things 80,
"Gangwaygn yelled big porter with
A belated trunk on his back
By the time the man from Florida re
covered himself after getting out OF the
norter's way, the steamer had moved
sbead and the men were Stacking I'll the
lines. He ran to the next opening and
sAs | was sayin', down in that waru
country the pesky things"
A big hawser which was still iasteneI
to the moving steamer tripped him up
But he got to his feet and hurried OF
to the pier head and began:
"As was sayln'-n
..Jesso.n shouted the man on the dc
narting steamer, bending over the ran
"As l was sayin', down in that wan
con,try the cussed hensn-maklng
, trumpet OF his hands -''shed their featf
ers ileyen months in the year"-Ne
York Sun.